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[-] Son_of_dad@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago

That's why we elected officials, to come up with ideas. Taxing food is not an idea, it's a cheap shot at the working class. Tax from the top down, beginning with luxury goods, private planes, expensive non essentials. But for fucks sake stop taxing food!!

[-] ramjambamalam@lemmy.ca 17 points 7 months ago

Don't most Canadians receive a bigger rebate for the carbon tax than the tax ends up costing them?

[-] nyan@lemmy.cafe 14 points 7 months ago

Yes, but the government hasn't made that clear in short enough words for the average Conservative voter to understand.

[-] Son_of_dad@lemmy.world -1 points 7 months ago

The last time Trudeau had a chance to clarify this at the house, he instead made a childish "I know you are but what am I" joke about it.

[-] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Yes. 8 out of 10, according to Trudeau. It might be more like 7.

The only mistake they made was not sending out the rebates on paper checks inside a pretty envelope covered in windmills. They would have called it "self-promotion" and "an unnecessary expense", and they would have been right, but apparently we're not good enough to be treated as intelligent adults who can see our own finances.

[-] John_McMurray@lemmy.ca 1 points 7 months ago

Yes, because most Canadians don't pay it.

[-] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 12 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

That's why we elected officials[:] to come up with ideas.

Nope. We elect officials to manage our shared resources in the way we say. We could get them to consult experts and do what they say, but half the time it's a climate-denying bunch of politicians masquerading under an affordability lie mask, and they don't consult for advice they would ignore anyway.

When we did consult experts, the best idea from economists and climate types with a chance of success was ... (drum roll) ... Carbon Tax.

Taxing food is not an idea[:] it's a cheap shot at the working class.

So that's what the "tax nothing and provide nothing" party wants you to believe. Their rich friends get hit a lot with taxes and it's getting hard to avoid them.

Remember that taxing the transport method doesn't tax the cargo except indirectly. The goal is to provide massive opportunities for a better transport option to grow because conveyance isn't firmly linked to cargo: there's options. Evolution takes time, and we're starting Very Late, but the proceeds from the tax is a fast-forward button.

If your politicians are demonizing the carbon tax, despite non-rich people getting far more back on average, find out why they're doing that. There's a rich guy behind it.

Tax from the top down, beginning with luxury goods, private planes, expensive non essentials.

Good ideas, all of them. Add in higher taxes for second homes, any rental income, or just make it any income above 300k/year or some number to firmly hit the rich bitches and not the 99.999% rest of us.

But for fucks sake stop taxing food!

Stop eating gasoline.

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